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Newsjournal of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan | January 2025 | Volume 69, Number 1


What is freedom?
by David Thompson NASHVILLE, TN – What is Freedom—really? And what are we supposed to do with it? Robert Frost noted, “Freedom lies in...
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Aug 1, 20223 min read


Americans divided on who should lead healthy conversations on challenges in America
by Marissa Postell NASHVILLE, TN – Although Americans need to have productive conversations regarding challenges in our society, there is...
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Aug 1, 20224 min read


Ukraine visit
by Doru Radu WARREN, MI – We get lots of news about the Ukrainian war’s tragedies. However, when people you know get there, the situation...
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Jul 6, 20222 min read


Discussing abortion with your pro-choice friends
by Lisa Misner SPRINGFIELD, IL – Abortion is a difficult subject to discuss with a friend or family member who is pro-choice, when as a...
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Jun 29, 20222 min read


A replant in Lenawee county
by Nathan Sharpe ADRIAN, MI – The call on my life has always been to teach God’s Holy Word. For many of those years it had been in a...
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Jun 29, 20223 min read


The Big One 2.0
by Rick Bristol PETOSKEY, MI – I find I am “the good kind” of sore, but what a blast I recently had in Petoskey. My church hosts a couple...
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Jun 29, 20223 min read


BSCM provides resources to churches to prevent sexual abuse
by Mike Durbin PLYMOUTH, MI – A dramatic wakeup call is taking place in Southern Baptist life. Guidepost Solutions conducted an...
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Jun 29, 20224 min read


You are what you eat
by Tim Patterson PLYMOUTH, MI – We had been collecting “coke” bottles for most of the day. Both of us had gone from house to house, and...
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Jun 29, 20224 min read


Two busy pastors
by Dr. Tony L. Lynn PLYMOUTH, MI – There are two men who I appreciate and admire. They are two examples of mighty men who serve with...
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Jun 29, 20224 min read


BSCM provides resources to churches to prevent sexual abuse
by Mike Durbin PLYMOUTH, MI – A dramatic wakeup call is taking place in Southern Baptist life. Guidepost Solutions conducted an...
Baptist Beacon
Jun 29, 20224 min read


Warning against adulterous activity
by Coye Bouyer My son, give attention to my wisdom, incline your ear to my understanding; That you may observe discretion and your lips...
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Jun 29, 20224 min read


Two busy pastors
by Dr. Tony L. Lynn PLYMOUTH, MI – There are two men who I appreciate and admire. They are two examples of mighty men who serve with...
Baptist Beacon
Jun 29, 20224 min read


Freedom in Christ
by Karen Blanchard SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI – At a young age I learned to be a rule follower. Being a rule follower isn’t a bad thing; it is...
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Jun 29, 20224 min read


Biblical hospitality: practices of grace
by Austin Collins JACKSONVILLE, FL – Practicing hospitality is a way to share God’s grace and bless others. But practicing hospitality...
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Jun 29, 20225 min read


Jesus saves! From, for and through
by David Thompson NASHVILLE, TN – What does it really mean when people say that Jesus saves? Once upon a time there was a general...
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Jun 29, 20223 min read


First-Person: “Adventure bro”? Actually, hero—the true story of John Chau
by Todd Nettleton Editor’s Note: June 29 has been set aside as Day of the Christian Martyr. For more information, visit Voice of the...
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Jun 29, 20223 min read


Unify Project allows SBC to set Gospel-based racial unity example
by Diana Chandler NEW ORLEANS, LA (BP) – Fred Luter, the lone African American to have served as president of the Southern Baptist...
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Jun 29, 20223 min read


Churches give thanks for Supreme Court decision, recommit to protect life
by Timothy Cockes CONCORD, TN (BP) – On the Sunday after the Supreme Court’s historic overturning of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision on...
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Jun 29, 20224 min read


Supreme Court supports coach’s right to pray on field
by Tom Strode WASHINGTON, D.C. (BP) – The U.S. Supreme Court delivered what most religious liberty advocates declared an important...
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Jun 29, 20225 min read


SATF shares expectations for implementation task force
by Diana Chandler NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – The work of a yet-to-be-appointed Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force (ARITF) is likely to take...
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Jun 29, 20225 min read
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